Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Tells the Story of the Classic Song, ‘Riders on the Storm’
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Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Tells the Story of the Classic Song, ‘Riders on the Storm’
Ray Manzarek of the Doors died Monday of cancer. He was 74. Manzarek's jazz-inflected, classically influenced keyboard playing, woven together with Jim Morrison's baritone vocals, helped define the sound of the 1960s.
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“[I'm] just amazed by his ability to split his mind into two musicians - bass player and keys - and all of these licks. So gifted, so unique. There's no one like him." -John Densmore Happy Birthday to the iconic keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, Ray Manzarek! Last year on this date we celebrated Ray’s life with the release of THE DOORS: BREAK ON THRU - A CELEBRATION OF RAY MANZAREK, the hybrid documentary/concert film. Who caught the film in theatres that night? | The Doors
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“[I'm] just amazed by his ability to split his mind into two musicians - bass player and keys - and all of these licks. So gifted, so unique. There's no one like him." -John Densmore Happy Birthday to the iconic keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, Ray Manzarek! Last year on this date we celebrated Ray’s life with the release of THE DOORS: BREAK ON THRU - A CELEBRATION OF RAY MANZAREK, the hybrid documentary/concert film. Who caught the film in theatres that night? | The Doors
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Ray Manzarek February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013 Ray Manzarek, born February 12, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois, was the keyboardist and a founding member of The Doors, formed in 1965 with Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore. He studied economics at DePaul University and earned an MFA in cinematography at UCLA, where he met Morrison. Manzarek’s use of the Vox Continental organ and Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, playing basslines with his left hand, shaped The Doors’ sound in songs like “Light My
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